2002 Australian Film Institute Awards

44th Australian Film Institute Awards
44th Australian Film Institute Awards
Date	7 December 2002
Highlights
Best Film	Rabbit-Proof Fence
Most awards	Walking on Water (5)
Most nominations	Rabbit-Proof Fence (10)
Television coverage
Network	Network Ten
	← 2001; Australian Film Institute Awards; 2003 →;

The 44th Australian Film Institute Awards (generally known as the AFI Awards) were held in 2002. Presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the awards celebrated the best in Australian feature film, documentary and short film productions of 2002.

All four of the Best Film nominees featured Indigenous subjects.^[1]

Winners and nominees[]

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.^[2]

Feature film[]

Best Film	Best Achievement in Direction
Rabbit-Proof Fence – Phillip Noyce, Christine Olsen, John Winter Australian Rules – Mark Lazarus Beneath Clouds – Teresa-Jayne Hanlon The Tracker – Rolf de Heer, Julie Ryan	Ivan Sen – Beneath Clouds Phillip Noyce – Rabbit-Proof Fence Rolf de Heer – The Tracker Tony Ayres – Walking on Water
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role	Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
David Gulpilil – The Tracker David Wenham – Molokai: The Story Of Father Damien Geoffrey Rush – Swimming Upstream Vince Colosimo – Walking on Water	Maria Theodorakis – Walking on Water Dannielle Hall – Beneath Clouds Judy Davis – Swimming Upstream Rachel Griffiths – The Hard Word
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Nathaniel Dean – Walking on Water Luke Carroll – Australian Rules David Gulpilil – Rabbit-Proof Fence Joel Edgerton – The Hard Word	Judi Farr – Walking on Water Celia Ireland – Australian Rules Anna Lise Phillips – Envy Maya Stange – Garage Days
Best Original Screenplay	Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Source
Roger Monk – Walking on Water Ivan Sen – Beneath Clouds Don Watson – The Man Who Sued God Rolf de Heer – The Tracker	Phillip Gwynne, Paul Goldman – Australian Rules John Briley – Molokai: The Story Of Father Damien Christine Olsen – Rabbit-Proof Fence Anthony Fingleton – Swimming Upstream
Best Achievement in Cinematography	Best Achievement in Editing
Allan Collins – Beneath Clouds Geoffrey Hall – Dirty Deeds Christopher Doyle – Rabbit-Proof Fence Ian Jones – The Tracker	Reva Childs – Walking on Water Mark Perry – Dirty Deeds Veronika Jenet, John Scott – Rabbit-Proof Fence Tania Nehme – The Tracker
Best Original Music Score	Best Achievement in Sound
Peter Gabriel – Rabbit-Proof Fence Mick Harvey – Australian Rules Alister Spence, Ivan Sen – Beneath Clouds Antony Partos – Walking on Water	Bronwyn Murphy, Craig Carter, Ian McLoughlin, John Penders – Rabbit-Proof Fence Phil Judd, Julius Chan, Ross Boyer, Jenny T. Ward – Australian Rules Peter Grace, Tony Vaccher, Phil Winters, Simon Leadley – Garage Days Liam Egan, Robert Sullivan, Delia McCarthy, Jenny T. Ward – Walking on Water
Best Achievement in Production Design	Best Achievement in Costume Design
Chris Kennedy – Dirty Deeds Michael Philips – Garage Days Roger Ford – Rabbit-Proof Fence Roger Ford – Swimming Upstream	Tess Schofield – Dirty Deeds Roger Ford – Rabbit-Proof Fence Angus Strathie – Swimming Upstream George Liddle – WillFull

Television[]

Non-feature film[]

Best Documentary Film	Best Sponsored Documentary

Best Short Fiction Film	Best Animated Film

Best Experimental Film	Best Achievement in Direction

Best Screenplay	Best Achievement in Cinematography

Best Achievement in Editing	Best Achievement in Sound

Additional awards[]

Jury Prize

Raymond Longford Award

References[]

^ Munro, Peter (19 October 2002). "Indigenous stories dominate AFI nominations". www.smh.com.au. Retrieved 22 September 2002.
^ George, Sandy (18 October 2002). "Rabbit-Proof Fence scoops 10 AFI nominations". Screen Daily. Retrieved 22 September 2017.

External links[]

The Australian Film Institute | Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts official website

[1] Munro, Peter (19 October 2002). "Indigenous stories dominate AFI nominations". www.smh.com.au. Retrieved 22 September 2002.

[2] George, Sandy (18 October 2002). "Rabbit-Proof Fence scoops 10 AFI nominations". Screen Daily. Retrieved 22 September 2017.

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